The “Baby, It’s Cold Inside” edition

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Scott Everett Berger 

Fun show tonight! Extra credit to those comics who participated in the January joke challenge. Stay tuned for a new challenge next month.

MC Scott Shimamoto welcomed these funny folks to the Joke Gym stage:

Bombo Belford
David Romero 
Todd Basil
Mary Diane
Shayne Michael
Linda G.
Dennis Vargas
Jen Johnson
Steven Craig
Nat Baimel
Rosé
Tony Alfieri
Ray Chavez, Jr.
Scott Everett Berger
Fernando Rivera
Joe Luu
Michael Porco
Steve Bruner
Louis Orosco
Just Mike
Marlene Cooper 

 

New year, new material (more or less!)

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Rudy Boehmer

Thanks for a great show tonight! Everyone was so fired up. MC Paula Johnson welcomed these comics to the red-curtained wonder known as The Joke Gym stage:

Linda G. 
Rob Collister
The Love Machine
Ty Fance
Nat Baimel
Rosé
Scott Shimamoto
Michael Porco
Steven Craig
Rudy Boehmer (pictured)
Joe Luu
Josh Daniel
David Romero
Carlos Medrano
Jonathan Rowell
Angel Acosta
Xavier Ray 

January joke challenge

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New for 2012 is the monthly joke challenge.

Each monthly challenge will nudge you into writing a joke in a new way or about a new topic. It’s optional, but play along, willya?

For our shows on January 5 and 19, write a joke about a notable person (dead or alive) who was born on your birthday. Check FamousBirthdays.com for inspiration.

New year, new website

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Happy 2012!

After nearly four years, it was time for a new look. The Joke Gym website and Blogger blog is now a single WordPress site.

Tranferring the blog posts from Blogger to WordPress is not an exact science. Some of the fonts got wacky. Some of the embedded videos and photos got scrambled along the way, but we’ll fix them as soon as we can. Plus, we’ll be fine-tuning the layout.

See you at the next open mic on January 5, 2012!

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No wind, just cold!

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Steve Bruner

MC Scott Shimamoto warmed up a chilly room on Thursday night and welcomed these comics to the Joke Gym stage:

Dave Sievers aka The Love Machine
Louis Orosco
Rose Hienz
Paula Johnson
Justin Tan
Steve Bruner
Michael Porco
David Relyea
Benett 
Rob Collister
Rudy Boehmer
Steven Craig
Yashar Kafi


Next show: Thursday, January 5, 2012.

Don’t fear the 3×5

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This is the Smothers Brothers reading Jerry Seinfeld’s intro for his HBO appearance in 1981.

A well-written intro is a wonderful thing. It makes the MC’s job easier and let’s the audience know someone special is coming onstage. It’s an important part of your marketing program (and subsequent plan for worldwide domination).

Looking forward to hearing your intro at the next Joke Gym open mic.

Our turkey-free pre-Thanksgiving show

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Yashar Kafi

MC Scott Shimamoto welcomed these comics to the Joke Gym stage on November 17:

Jim Teater
Rudy Boehmer
Ray Chavez, Jr.
Steven Craig
Yashar Kafi
Ralph Eddy
Michael Porco
Paula Johnson
Ben
Linda G.
Howard Wescott
Marlene Cooper
Victor Vega
Johnny Roque
Nat Baimel
Justin Latham

The “guys in hats” edition

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Nat Baimel
J-Stir
Courtney Ca
Yashar Kafi
Shayne Michael
Roldan Agitan
Rosé
Scott Shimamoto
David Relyea
Ben
Michael Porco
Eric Edwards
Chris Gerred
Linda G
Ljiljana Grozdanic
Jim Teater
Justin Latham
Ray Chavez, Jr.
Ty Fance
Andy Adams

Dennis Vargas, Guest MC!

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Dennis Vargas

Paula Johnson skipped tonight’s show because of a cold, so she missed Guest MC Dennis Vargas and these comedians:

Richie Cantor
Chris Gerrad
Jen Johnson
Linda G
Yashar Kafi
Todd Basil
Joe Braza
Scott Shimamoto
Steve Craig
Joe Luu
Eric Edwards
Katharine Rudnyk
Ray Chavez Jr.
Michael Porco
Mike Najera
Xavier Ray
Justin Latham


Next show: November 3.

October? How did THAT happen?

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John Fontaine

MC Paula Johnson had a few things to say about these comics:

Richie Cantor
Erik Barnes
Nat Baimel
Eric Edwards
Scott Shimamoto
Chris Gerred
Rob Collister
Yashar Kafi
Steven Craig
Rudy Boehmer
Michael Porco
Katherine Rudnyk
Richard Weiss
John Fontaine
Steven Briggs
Joe Luu
Marie Marquez
Amy Ashton

The back-to-school show

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Scott Shimamoto and Paula Johnson shared MC duties at the Sept. 1 show in honor of a visit by Natalie Ragus, the editor of Arcadia Patch. She even joined these comedians on the Joke Gym stage:

John Fontaine
Ray Chavez, Jr.
Nat Baimel
Ben
Shayne Michael
Caleb Porter
David Relyea
Rudy Boehmer
Greg Stone
Natalie Ragus
George Frangides
Jen Johnson
Yashar Kafi
Mike Porco
Scott Shimamoto
Jonathan Rowell
Jesse King
Trip Jones
Mike Najera
Paul Noller
Steven Craig

Fender bender…

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MC Scott Shimamoto brought the funny, but more important, he brought the good sound system! These comics rocked the Fender tonight: 
Lynne Bateson
Bill Kay
Tyrone Fance
Matthew Dillier
Jen Johnson
Steve Scholtz*
Michael Porco
Chris Kostolefsky
Rudy Boehmer
Steven Craig
Steve Bruner
Yashar Kafi
Liz Rodgers
Ralph Eddy
Eillen Kallo
Ron Ario
Justin Asalama

What the heck happened to Ralph Eddy?

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MC Paula Johnson drew the names and Ralph Eddy’s name was drawn first. But he disappeared! What the huh? Anyway, these comics each got a six-minute workout:

Liz Wheht
Steve Henry
Ben
Erik Barnes
Jake Kroeger
Michael Porco
Scott Shimamoto
Ray Chavez, Jr.
Jesse King
Ed Shannon
Nat Baimel
Mike Najera
Tom Murphy
Amy Ashton
Marie Marquez
Tyrone Fance
Dennie Vargas

The mic stand from h*ll…

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Paula Johnson missed the show on July 21—she was off learning how to produce e-books. Meanwhile, MC Scott Shimamoto had a freaky microphone stand problem, but managed to get these comics onstage:

Ted Huang
Rudy Boehmer
Steven Craig
Eileen Kallo
Greg Stone
Ralph Eddy
Chris Grimmett
Ray Chavez Jr.
Yashar Kafi
Nat Baimel
Michael Porco
Erik Barnes
Sarah Johnson

Too hot to laugh (but we did anyway)

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Fun show tonight! MC Paula Johnson rolled out the welcome mat for: 


Chris Grimmett (the second time he was drawn first!)
Todd Basil
Carlos Escobar
Alfonso Guerrero
Shayne Michael
Ben
Scott Shimamoto
Don Neill
David Relyea
Michael Porco
DB
Wyatt Cote
Yashar Kafi
Al Henry
Danny Ledsinger


Next show: July 21!